Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-04-06
LOCAL NEWS.


Far this section warmer, fair weather variabl
Ids. shifting TO east and south
po,spyTERY OF WAsHINGToN.-A stated
TING of the Presbytery Of Washington
Iset bafd last night at the First Presbyterian
S Wa .ri in this city. The meeting
Cau mud at 7:$0 o'clock with religious exer
ops su conducted by the Rev. ]. VIM. Nell
c'' '1a the moderator of the last Presbytery,
V 'an also preached the opening sermon
WIZ VIZ - his text from / Timothy, iii, IS
sTba church of the living God, the pillar
- The Ground of the truth" Rev. B. F.
s slt r' the stated clerk, called the ROLL
Dr. 's;cb showed that % members, representing
N W o5nrcbes, were present, after which the
.i.ction of moderator was gone into, when
Paw Paw John L. French was unanimously cho-
IN nT'' and took the chair as moderator. The
einntes of the last meeting were read by
.sa stated clerk. Rev. r. H. Fleming was
.1scted temporary clerk, after which the
prssbytery adjourned until 9 O'Clock this
morning. .,.,,-
~. morning, when the usual Presbyterial
.antioe business was transacted.
An overture in regard to the work among
no freedmen was adopted and ordered to
- - sent 10 the General Assembly.
Ray. T. s. Childs, d. D., was elected min
rial delegate and Geo. b. n. Gusts lay
',.l.qa;e TO the General Assembly, which
n',ers at Omaha, Neb., in May.
The committee on education in their re-
ar called attention TO the need of young
nan for the ministry.
Toon the resignation of DIR. T. s. Ham
In, a. chairman of the committee on pub
Hc,rion Rev Jos. E. Nourse was appointed
10 ill the vacancy.
At noon the Presbytery recessed till two
o'clock this evening.
Al the afternoon session Rev. JOS. E.
Nou It res gned the craftsmanship OF the
committee on home missions and DR.. Childs
AS substituted.
Rev Porter Shell, from the Washington
r.g. Mn. Asso., was admitted to member
The snDual statements showed an increase
contributions to the several boards Of the
clUrch,
The session will close tonight with an
address by DR.. Hamline, of Washington.
Among those in attendance upon the Pres
b,ery is DR.. Horace n. Simmons, editor Of
the Baltimore Presbyterian Observer.
STEREoPTICoN ENTERTAINMENT AT THE
BAPTIST CHURCH.-Last evening the teach
+rs and scholars of the Sunday school Of tire
BAPTIST Church, and the members Of the
Church aud congregation gathered in the
audience room of the Church TO enjoy q.
cries of stereopticon views kindly given
them by Mr.. Fred G. Rogers, the enterpris.
ING and successful superintendent OF the
sunday school. The lessons for The quarter
lis; passed were from the book of Genesis,
sad cover the period from the creation to
the time of Joseph. Mr.. Rogers, having re-
Gently bought very fine set ofinstruments,
conceived the happy idea of reviewing the
.sssons with the school by means of the pic
lures, and accordingly presented them last
evening. Rev. Mr.. Mercer, the pastor of
The Church. conducted the exercises,
explaining the views and questioning
the children about them; and the prompt
and correct answers given showed that good,
earnest work had been done in this school
during these months The pictures illus
iraied not only each lesson OF the quarter,
but also the intervening portions OF the sa'
cred history. The exercises began with the
singing of a hymn and the reading of part
Of the 10Th Psalm, both of which were pro
sCed on the canvas, so that all could take
lt. il them. And at different intervals
during the evening other hymns were thus
presented and sung The whole entertain
uen, was a success, and evidently gave both
pleasure and profit to all present. All who
attended congratulated the church and Sun
4 Jas school upon the possession of such &
I ssGer0u, and efficient superintendent.
Police REpoRT.-Last night was clear
! sud cold with two prisoners and three lodi
4 .ers at the station house. The mayor this
morning disposed of the following cases:
Chas Jackson, colored, arrested by officers
Blntz and Sherwood for an assault on his
J wife, Fannie Jackson, was discharged.
Aaron Jackson, coored, member of the
I Chain gang charged with insubordination,
We; sent back to jail
A young man charged with stealing
1alia from the City Sergeant's room in the
\ Corporation Court House, was released on
giving BOND in the penalty of 5000 for his
appearance before the grand jury.
1 Mp CoNFERENcE.-The annual confer
sace Of the Methodist Protestant church
met at Easton, Md, to day. Rev. S. j.
4 smith and Mr. j. r. Cation, of this city, were
10 attendance. The report from the NJ. p.
eautch in this city which will be presented
4 'othe conference shows that for the year
S1lmg March 81, there was q membership
4 S'l+l, from which was collected 81 $40 90,
,esdes the contribution of the Sunday
School, which has 2lS scholars and 81 teach
els
MIDLAND RAILROAD NoTEs.-Several Of
y, Old Passenger coaches of the W., o. and
y ", ". road have recently been through the
Adlaad shops, coming forth as bright as
\ aey Plus.
locomotives Nos. 5 and S44 are on the
& S9Ck+ for repairs.
frame structure, to be used as store
-Ol;e Is being erected just east of the paint
Travel over the railroad appears to be in
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